CLEVELAND, OH—April 23, 2020—The Precision Metalforming Association (PMA) has elected Troy Turnbull, president and CEO of Grandville, MI-based Industrial Innovations, Inc., as the 2020 chairman of the PMA Board of Directors. Doug Johnson, president of Cheshire, CT-based Marion Manufacturing Company, will serve as vice chairman and treasurer. Both will serve one-year terms.

Turnbull succeeds outgoing PMA Board Chair Troy Roberts, CEO of Denver, CO-based Beanstalk CCW, LLC.

“I’m honored to be elected board chairman and thank Troy Roberts for his dedication and outstanding leadership during his term as chair,” said Turnbull.

Turnbull begins his term as chair during an unprecedented and challenging time for manufacturers amid the global COVID-19 pandemic. 

“My top priority is to work with PMA President David Klotz and his staff to help our members navigate through this uncertain time,” said Turnbull. “PMA has been doing an outstanding job in providing the most relevant information possible to help our members, while the One Voice team in Washington, DC, our collaborative advocacy program with the National Tooling & Machining Association (NTMA), is ensuring that our industry's voice is heard on Capitol Hill, at the White House and in the national media.”

PMA has set up a coronavirus page on its website to provide important health resources and guidance, and with the One Voice team, created a resource page to deliver practical information that members need to operate their businesses. The current website topic areas include Safe Workplace Guidelines; Workforce Resources; Human Resource Compliance Tools; Loan and Tax Information; and Federal, State and Local Government Ordinances and Information. The site is being updated constantly as new information becomes available.  

Turnbull also stated that PMA will continue its efforts to become the premier training provider throughout North America, via the association’s METALFORM EDU online platform.

“The recognition of the value that METALFORM EDU provides has only increased as a result of the experience that we are all going through at this time where online communication and education is essential,” said Turnbull. “METALFORM EDU is vital to helping our members, and the industry, succeed and grow, in 2020 and beyond. We will develop a workforce-development committee charged with creating a playbook to help guide metal formers as they begin to use and embrace METALFORM EDU.”  

Learn more about Turnbull’s goals during his term as chairman in the April 2020 MetalForming magazine article. 

PMA is the full-service trade association representing the $137-billion metalforming industry of North America—the industry that creates precision metal products using stamping, fabricating, spinning, slide forming and roll forming technologies, and other value-added processes. Its nearly 800 member companies also include suppliers of equipment, materials and services to the industry. PMA leads innovative member companies toward superior competitiveness and profitability through advocacy, networking, statistics, the PMA Educational Foundation, FABTECH and METALFORM Mexico tradeshows, and MetalForming and 3D Metal Printing magazines.